Help stamp out terrorism and gangs, while creating millions of desperately needed jobs -- decriminalize marijuana. A regulated medicinal/recreational cannabis industry alone is worth multiple billions of taxed income.

Beyond pot production -- the plant has thousands of uses, from paper and textiles to food and fuel.

And it all would be grown by American farmers, manufactured into products by American workers and sold worldwide, creating real, legal, non-outsourced, taxpaying, American jobs.

After 40 years, the U.S. war on drugs has cost over $1 trillion and over 100,000 lives wasted. Drug use is rampant and violence widespread. Take the money off the black market. Drug plants (coca, poppy) cost less to grow than lettuce. The illegality makes the insane profits and corruption. No illegal money -- no incentive.

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